Asteroidea - Forcipulatida - Stichasteridae

Full reference: E. Perrier. 1885. Note préliminaire sur les échinodermes, recueillés par Travailleur et Talisman. Nouvelles Archives des Missions Scientifiques et Littéraires, Choix de Rapports et Instructions, ser. 2 6:1-154

Parent taxon: Forcipulatida according to D. B. Blake and T. E. Guensburg 2016

Sister taxa: Asteriadina, Asteriidae, Brisingida, Heliasteridae, Labidiasteridae, Neomorphasteridae, Pedicellasteridae, Psammaster, Zoroasteridae

Subtaxa: Atalopegaster

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Starfish locality (Jurassic of Montana)

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